Quality Assurance Analyst

TribePost Ltd are working on behalf of 4 Projects to fill this vacancy.

Available vacancy: Quality Assurance Analyst
Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne
Salary: £31,200 – £38,400per annum
Contract: Full Time

The Software Quality Assurance Analyst is responsible for developing and executing test cases within an agile work environment that will conform to functional specifications, non-functional, design documents, and integration testing activities relating the release for our web-based collaboration product and aiding product delivery and software quality. And external application standards. This position must also review and report on test case results and lead communications within a cross functional team. Develops and provides time/cost estimates for project planning and budgeting purposes.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
1) Performs structured testing tasks on pre-release versions of the company’s products.
• Performs functional, application, regression, and performance tests.
• Execute both manual and automated test scripts.
• Collaborate with Automation Engineers to identify tests that will be automated.
• Keeps record of test progress and results.
• Use bug-tracking system to maintain list of bugs and coordinate bug reports.
• Review user documentation and on-line help for technical accuracy and completeness.
• Bring up any quality issues immediately.
• Collaborate with Product Managers and support to understand user experience with Viewpoint Products.
• Perform ad hoc testing based on knowledge of user stories and Viewpoint products.
• Ensure testing scenarios represent industry standards and “real world” activities.
• Create test scenarios and test strategies to ensure adequate test coverage is achieved for assigned areas.
• Review Application design and functional specification documents to ensure application meets generally accepted industry standards.
• Identify any new or changed functionality during test planning and convey this information to the Automation process to increase and maintain coverage.
• Provide accurate time estimates for testing tasks.
• Recommends updates/improvements to test procedures

2) Verifies data and investigates product integrity and software functionality.

3) Works with QA management and other QA staff in order to ensure that testing strategies and objectives are maintained.
Requirements Competencies
• Willingness and ability to quickly develop and maintain understanding of divisional software products and hand-held and mobile technologies.
• Ability to accurately estimate task durations and meet schedules.
• Strong initiative, customer-service orientation, and commitment to insuring timely, quality solutions to customer issues.
• Well-organized, self-directed team player. Remains open to others’ ideas, and exhibits willingness to try new things.
• Prioritizes and plans work activities, uses time efficiently and develops realistic action plans.
• Demonstrates accuracy, thoroughness, and monitors own work to ensure quality, presents information effectively, and is able to read and interpret written information.
• Adapts to changes in the work environment, manages competing demands, and is able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
• Demonstrates professionalism, discretion, and good judgment in all interactions with co-workers, customers, vendors and others.
• Consistently at work and on time, follows instructions, responds to management direction, and solicits feedback to improve performance.

Qualifications Required:
• Two years of college-level coursework and relevant experience in software quality assurance, product research, or testing as indicated below or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Demonstrated testing skills, issue characterization, and understanding of the QA process.
• Strong technical skills with a variety of business software tools including MS Office applications

Working Conditions
Work takes place in an office setting. It requires the ability to sit and work at a keyboard for extended periods and communicate with team members and customers by phone, computer, and video teleconferencing.

This vacancy is being advertised by TribePost Ltd. The services advertised by TribePost Ltd are those of an Employment Agency.

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